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Interesting interview just now with Waller, mainly regarding Metal Bender. Doesn’t seem to expect him to perform until 3rd up in the Underwood. Remember, he also said that the horse wouldn’t perform until 3rd up last prep as well. Seems that if the horse doesn’t perform well there, he’ll go for the Caulfield Cup instead of the Cox Plate.
Mons apologees. Ils existant sur la Racing Post maison.
Sorry, another muppet here trying to divert the thread. Isn’t 8-100 in betfair parlance simply 1.08?
There were quite a few of us on the betfair forum who were persuaded to bet him in the Palace House.
Yes, I’m leaning towards (B) too, as Mastery wasn’t given an Irish St Leger entry (3 others were), though he was later given a Melbourne Cup entry.
However, this would get blown out of the water if the horse has an Arc entry. Not organised enough to be able to check that out.
I laid Germany £2@1.01 towards the end of the Eurovision Song Contest this year, just to (a) green up the entire field and (b) I’d never bet or laid at 1.01 before.
Waste of £2 of my profit.
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Cheat
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Tom Queally
Efficient a Melbourne Cup uncertainty
* Adrian Dunn
* From: Herald Sun
* August 20, 2010 12:00AMEFFICIENT, winner of the 2007 Melbourne Cup and a last-minute withdrawal from last year’s race, is doubtful to contest this year’s 150th anniversary Cup.
Owner Lloyd Williams yesterday rated Efficient as no better than a "20-80" chance to run in the $6 million race.
Williams said he was mindful of punters taking Efficient in early Cups doubles.
"I’m worried about him. It might take until the autumn to see him," Williams said.
"He’s got problems in his off front (leg). He’s not bad, not lame or anything like that.
"My difficulty is that I fall in love with them. I could not bear one of those horses to go to the races and break down."
Efficient is rated as a $23 chance with Sportingbet in latest Melbourne Cup markets. Now a seven-year-old, Efficient has not raced since he won the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington last October.
He was withdrawn from the 2009 Melbourne Cup on Derby Day with persistent leg issues.
Williams said he had become bothered by the progress of Efficient, tentatively scheduled to resume in tomorrow week’s Memsie Stakes, in the past week.
He stressed there was "absolutely nothing major wrong" with Efficient, but with the work to be poured into the horse in trackwork there was a lingering doubt.
"I don’t think we’ve given him enough time. I think the Australian Cup might be a more appropriate race for him," Williams said.
"He won the Turnbull Stakes over 2000 metres at Flemington, and by the first week of March we will have him properly conditioned.
"I don’t think we would be doing him justice by getting him to the Melbourne Cup. I don’t want to scratch him from it, but I don’t want people backing him in pre-post betting. I think he’s highly doubtful."
Grand Ducal
, one of nine European horses Williams bought in a bid to win the Melbourne Cup, has his first Australian start at Moonee Valley tomorrow.
At his last start, Grand Ducal contested the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, one of the world’s most famous races at Longchamp.
Stable favourite
Zipping
, winner of the Australian Cup, a triple Sandown Classic winner and placed in the past two Cox Plates, is expected to have his first-up start in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on September 11.
As reported on my Grand National portfolio thread, those are my old glasses that broke, and I am now
a la mode
(against my will).
Don’t like most bands with a male front, because they sound FLAT.
Is uppose that is anaccusation that can also be aimed at my new favouritist band, ho came out with some new product a week ago, but i was too caught up with horseraing anf Osborne.
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Going to the offy to stock up.
Channel 4 are attempting to change the demographic of the sport. The current 20-70 male demographic is apparently not good enough, and they need to make racing ‘chic’
I thought the demographic was male 50-95.
Allo. C’est moi.
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Just found out my baby sister is coming over from Canada, 1-10 October.
Previous trip was kiboshed by the Icelandic volcano.
Should I take her and my baby cousin to the Arc?
This is my baby cousin.
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